Bryen, Ari Z. <br/><br/>
Violence in Roman Egypt :  A Study in Legal Interpretation. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (377 pages) 
 - Empire and After Series .
 - Empire and After Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Violence in Roman Egypt -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life -- Part I. The Texture of the Problem -- Chapter 1. Ptolemaios Complains -- Chapter 2. Violent Egypt -- Chapter 3. Violence, Modern and Ancient -- Part II. From the Language of Pain to the Language of Law -- Chapter 4. Narrating Injury -- Chapter 5. The Work of Law -- Chapter 6. Fission and Fusion -- Conclusion: Nomos and Its Narratives -- Appendix A: The Papyrus on the Page -- Appendix B: Translations of Petitions Concerning Violence -- List of Papyri in Checklist Order -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> Drawing on over a hundred papyrus petitions, one of the only sources of personal narrative from the Roman world, Ari Z. Bryen investigates how people living in Roman Egypt negotiated their relationships to local communities and the Empire through legal stories. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812208214 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Criminal procedure (Egyptian law).<br/>Criminal procedure (Roman law).<br/>Violent crimes-Egypt-History-To 1500.<br/>Victims of crimes-Legal status, laws, etc.-Egypt-History-To 1500.<br/>Violence-Egypt-History-To 1500.<br/>Egypt-History-30 B.C.-640 A.D.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KL3085 -- .B79 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>296.09/014